As a future 2.3 manual badlands on 33's owner, I think a spring swap will quickly be available to provide a little 1-2" lift for a clean 35" upgrade. Springs should be cheap for popular/volume applications like this, my mustang springs were less than $300. I saw some other suspension pictures...
Got my email, scheduled for 6/28 build
early am 7/14 reservation timestamp
#2 in the allocation at a small dealer in north Texas
2dr CO badlands
2.3 manual, mid pkg, no SAS.
I had ridge grapplers on my grand cherokee trailhawk. They are very quiet for an aggressive looking AT tire. Ride quality on the jeep (275/65/18) SL rated, was just ok. Harsher than Nitto terra grapplers or the Goodyear kevlar ATs. Also wet and dry traction were just ok, they did tend to...
Just went through this decision. If you do not get SAS, then Black Diamond has the base suspension without bilsteins, only rear locker, badlands has f/r lockers.
If you want the 4cyl + 7spd manual, then Black Diamond only gets 4.46 gears instead of 4.7 on the badlands.
If you get SAS, all of...